Jazz Resources Inc. announced that it has been advised by ECO Mining Oil & Gaz Drilling and Exploration EIRELI (ECO), its joint venture royalty agreement counterparty and the operator of the Vila Nova Gold Project located in Amapa State, Brazil (the Vila Nova Project) that it has completed the 800 tonne per day bulk sampling gravimetric mill (the Mill) located at the Vila Nova Project, and that testing of the Mill has commenced. The Mill was designed, manufactured and assembled by Brastorno Tecnologia em Equipamentos Para Mineracao (Brastorno), a Brazilian manufacturer of mineral exploration and mining equipment. The Company has also been advised that the Mill, and the tailings management facility located on the Vila Nova Project, have received final environmental approvals and all requisite permits from the applicable regulatory authorities in Brazil.

ECO has commenced testing of the Mill and it is anticipated that bulk sampling will commence following satisfactory completion thereof. The Company anticipates that the Mill will process 800 tonnes of tailings and bedrock per day once it is brought up to full production, which is anticipated to occur within 30 days from the date hereof.